Kenya To Set Up Anti-Doping Task Force To Monitor Athletes Following WADA Frustration

Kenya "is to commission an anti-doping task force to look into the alarming surge in positive drug tests among top-level athletes in the country," according to the PA. WADA officials "had grown increasingly frustrated with Kenya's failure to indicate its willingness to investigate the reasons why 17 of its athletes have been suspended for doping violations since January 2012 alone." Kenya's cabinet secretary for sports, arts and culture, Dr. Hassan Wario, announced "the formation of an 11-member panel which has two months to meet Wada's deadline and present its findings" (PA, 11/11).